VIDEO: Terrifying police radio details wildfire evacuation of seniors, pregnant woman in Butte County

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Friday, November 9, 2018
Terrifying police radio details wildfire evacuation in Butte Co.
From a pregnant woman who went into labor while being evacuated to seniors in a nursing home that can't get through to 911, here's the terrifying police radio detailing the terrifying evacuation in Butte County.

BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. -- Police radio details the terrifying evacuation of thousands of people from the Butte County town of Paradise as the Camp Fire rages on.

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The audio includes details on four people trapped in the basement of a hospital, a pregnant woman going into labor who needed to be flown out by helicopter and nearly two dozen seniors in a nursing home that can't get through to 911.

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